Agincourt Class Dreadnought Battleship

HMS Agincourt. The longest British battleship of World War 1 she also had the distinction of carrying the most
heavy gun turrets of any battleship ever, with seven centreline turrets. Rather than the usual naming of turrets
of A, B etc they were named after days of the week.

Comments:Originally ordered for Brazil as Rio de Janeiro but during construction the Brazilian government ran into financial
difficulties and sold the ship to the Ottoman government and was renamed Sultan Osman I. Ship was
expropriated (seized) by the Royal Navy in August 1914 and renamed
Agincourt. Heavily armed with a record 14 main guns and a heavy secondary armament resulting in a long
ship. Speed was also slightly higher than normal but protection was poor. Crew 1,109.

World War 1 Service:25 August 1914 joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet.
Transferred to the 1st Battle Squadron 1915.
Present at the Battle of Jutland. Fired 144 12in rounds and received no damage.
Transferred to the 2nd Battle Squadron in late 1918.
December 1922 sold for scrap.

HMS Agincourt in 1914. The flying decks amidships were removed early in her career as were the torpedo
nets. It was thought by some critics that the ship could not fire a full broadside as the shock would severely
damage her but she proved them wrong by firing broadsides at the Battle of Jutland without ill effect to herself.